Pavlova (alga)

Pavlova is a genus of algae belonging to the family Pavlovaceae.[1]

Pavlova
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Subphylum: Haptophytina
Class: Pavlovophyceae
Order: Pavlovales
Family: Pavlovaceae
Genus: Pavlova
Butcher, 1952

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

The genus name of Pavlova is in honour of Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa (1881–1931), who was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. This is because "the movement of the type species, Pavlova gyrans, is positively balletic".[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Roger William Butcher in J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. vol.31 on page 183, fig. 35-38 in 1952.

Species

As accepted by Algaebase;[1]

  • Pavlova calceolata J.van der Veer
  • Pavlova ennorea van der Veer & Leewis
  • Pavlova granifera (B.Mack) J.C.Green
  • Pavlova gyrans Butcher
  • Pavlova helicata J.van der Veer
  • Pavlova hommersandii P.H.Campbell
  • Pavlova lutheri (Droop) J.C.Green
  • Pavlova mesolychnon J.van der Veer
  • Pavlova noctivaga (Kalina) van der Veer & Leewis
  • Pavlova pinguis J.C.Green
  • Pavlova salina (N.Carter) J.C.Green
  • Pavlova virescens Billard
  • Pavlova viridis C.K.Tseng, J.Chen & X.Zhang

References
  1. "Pavlova Butcher, 1952 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. "Pavlova Butcher, 1952". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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